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if you google and read you find out that there could be two different colors of dots on the tires. Each dot means something different and exactly what it means may vary somewhat across manufacturers. The common thing coming up is one color means "low or high" spot on the tire, the other color means "maximum or min. stiffness spot" in the tire.
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Apparently Falken's convention is a little different.
The yellow dot is the lightest spot and it is suggested to mount this above the valve stem.
The red dot is the high point, recommended to be mounted at the low point of the rim if so marked or, preferably, per actual measurement.
Per a product engineer at Falken Tire, these marks are just "starting" points for the tire installer to effectively mount your tires. With some of the new balancing equipment out there, the machine can do a more accurate job matching and balancing then simply relying on these dots alone.
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